Jane Fonda Blisters Vietnam War Effort
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=11 Book Talk Fonda A re-play of the Jane Fonda Dr. Arlene Akerlund, assis- speech delivered at SJS tant professor of English, yesterday in the C.U. Ball- will discuss Ernest Heming- room will be on radio station way's novel "Islands in the KSJS 90.7 tonight at 8 and on Stream," today at noon in station KSJO at 8 tomorrow rooms A and B of the Spartan artan Datil Cafeteria. night. Serving the San Jose State College Community Since 1934 Vol. 58 SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA 95114, WEDNESDAY MARCH 3, 1971 No 77 Jane Fonda Blisters #1$ Vietnam War Effort kkitellompoiffatielt" By LANCE FREDERIKSEN "You don't hear of this because we do have lost control of their forces. Daily Political Writer not have a responsible press. But let me "If the men get a gung-ho officer, 111 q - Jane Fonda, actress and anti-war assure you, MyLai is not an isolated they'll fragg him," she declared, "So activist, urged an overflow crowd of incident," Miss Fonda added. the officers won't make them cut their .,A.0044 . about 2,000 listeners yesterday after- Miss Fonda recently attended the hair, stop smoking dope, or, above all, noon in the College Union Ballroom to war crimes investigation sponsored by go on dangerous missions." "make peace with the people of Viet- the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Fragging, Miss Fonda explained, :Iv nam." The meeting, held in Detroit, Jan. 31, occurs when a fragmentation bomb is The audience enthusiastically and Feb. 1-2, was organized by 2,000 ex- rolled under an officer's tent. A price is greeted Miss Fonda's 60-minute criti- GI's to publicize alleged atrocities. usually put on the life of the officer, and que of American foreign and domestic "These soldiers, who had been taught the fragger collects the reward. policy. The pretty actress tied racism, to glorify death, who had been taught As a result of this lack of morale, sexism and poverty into her attack that 'the only good gook is a dead gook,' Miss Fonda asserted that President upon the war. crossed the border over into Cambodia Nixon has turned to "automation in the "We're in Vietnam because we're in and signed a treaty of peace with Viet- battlefield." She decried what she California," said the daughter of actor namese students," said Miss Fonda. called the "mechanized slaughter" of Henry Fonda, alluding to the treatment "These soldiers wept in the arms of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian of American Indians. "We're infested their Vietnamese brothers, and cast people. with self-righteousness and ethno- aside their petty front of masculinity," "If Nixon cuts down the U.S. casual- centricity. she said. ties, he thinks he can end opposition to "This latent racism, combined with According to Miss Fonda, many of the killings," said Miss Fonda. the drive of soldiers to prove their these soldiers said: "I killed because I "Nixon feels he has a trump card in "POWER TO THE PEOPLE"Anti-war activist Jane Union Ballroom yesterday. Miss Fonda spoke out on what masculinity manifests itself in the atro- had to prove I was a man." the American prisoners of war," Fonda makes an emphatic point with this power salute she considers current ills in the United States. cities committed by U.S. servicemen in "These men testified about their own during her speech before an overflow crowd at the College Daily photo by Ron Burda the name of America," she said. war crimes," commented Miss Fonda. "As they left the testifying stand, they removed their medals and dropped Non -Violent Protests them into a wastebasket." Miss Fonda claimed that a majority of the soldiers in Vietnam and else- where are against the war. She plans to leave for a tour of Vietnam with other Draft Board Harrassed "anti-war and anti-establishment" entertainers. The San Jose Draft Board, located in persons picketed the office while an- At 11:30 a.m., a building representa- last Feb. 24 when a group of nine people According to Miss Fonda, the whole the Community Bank building, 11W. St. other six locked arms together in front tive told the group that they were on including clergymen and Stanford pro- Army is in a mutiny. John, was shut down yesterday morn- of the door to prevent people from private property and were obstructing fessors attempted to to close down the "It's not an organized mutiny, but its ing from 10 to 11:30 a.m. entering. business, and, therefore, were subject San Mateo Draft Board. effects are the same," she said. "The At approximately 10 a.m. about 20 Although at least five people were to arrest. He then asked the six draft The date is significant as it was Ash soldiers are simply not willing to fight persons made it impossible for the turned away by the demonstrators, protestors to move. Wednesday which marks the beginning anymore. Our desertion rate has tripled office to continue operating. Fifteen there were no instances of violence. One of them, Kathy McNally, com- of Lent. Lent is a time which marks for in three years. It's slowly catching up to plied with the request and stepped Christians the beginning of a season of that of the South Vietnamese." aside. The rest remained with their pennance and remorse. Miss Fonda explained that officers arms locked together. It was at this time that the police an- Speakers' Fees Face nounced to the remaining five demon- strators that they were under arrest. JANE FONDA No resistance was made by the group Jane's Talk 'Impressive; Actress-Activist as they were taken into custody. Among those taken into custody were according to Miss Fonda. "While he A.S. Council Today Dr. David Chorlain of the Stanford feels they are mistreated," she added, Medical Center and Leo Stodolsky, a "he doesn't take everything into In contrast to the excitement Roest said another SCIP member, physicist at the Stanford Linear But Her Facts Questioned account. generated during last week's Asso- Bob Dollar, is currently working on a Accelerator. Also booked into Santa "The treatment of U.S. prisoners is ciated Students Council meeting budget with the $2,295 council voted to Clara County jail were Mimi Arioli and Actress and political activist Jane -I would like to know her sources of the most humane in Southeast Asia in concerning the Young Americans for allocate to SCIP last week. Judith Wasserman. Fonda, her brown hair artistically information," Carol added. "But it was 100 years," she stated. "We endanger Freedom ( YAF ), during which council NOT APPROVE The group is part of a Bay Area-wide shaggy, casually made her way to the a good speech. She doesn't go over- their lives when we bomb because we voted to revoke A.S. recognition of According to Buckley however, he movement coordinated by Columbae speaker's podium in the College Union board emotionally but she was a little don't know where they are. The best YAF, today's meeting at 4 p.m. pro- "will recommend that council not House, a Stanford University anti-war Ballroom yesterday. bit extreme." thing we can do for the prisoners is to mises to be fairly routine. approve the SCIP request " and that organization which espouses non-vio- Clad in brown stretch bell-bottoms, a CONTRADICTORY end the war." A.S. President Bill Langan reported the money allocated to SCIP last week lence. multicolored sweater and sweatshirt Occasionally the opinions of her Miss Fonda believes that a just end to yesterday he will recommend to council be revoked and turned over to the Around the Bay Area, other draft jacket, Miss Fonda peered at her au- speech were contradictory. the war can be made lo). adopting the that they allocate funds to sponsor Foreign Students Loan Fund. boards experienced the same non-vio- dience, raised her arm in a closed fist "She said a lot of things I didn't really peace proposal of the Provisional black boxer Muhammad Ali, and Last week, SCIP was asking for a lent tactics by the coordinated move- salute and was greeted by enthusiastic believe were happening," commented Revolutionary Government PRG ). Wayne Morse, ex-senator from Oregon, total of $8,700 to fund their economic, ment. applause and whistles. John Russell, junior drama major. The PRG is the political arm of the Na- to speak to the student body during the social, and political conference. In San Francisco, 13 demonstrators She had set the mood for her speech "She made me aware of things I didn't tional Liberation Front, commonly spring semester. Langan will also submit a request were taken into custody. At the Oakland which lasted more than an hour. know." known as the Viet Cong. Langan reports the A.S. has defini- that council allocate the money to rein- Induction Center, 11 people were taken Miss Fonda was thrilled at the recep- "I thought it was far-out. Everything The proposal has two basic parts: tely confirmed Muhammad All to speak state the SJS Marching Band. to jail. However, no arrests were made tion she had received at SJS, according she said was the truth as far as I'm con- first, that the U.S. set a date for the on campus sometime after his contro- at the draft board in San Mateo. to students who spoke with the actress cerned," said Judy Dunn, freshman withdrawal of troops from South Viet- versial fight with Joe Frazier on March At each board, a statement was read who has played a major part in anti- sociology major.